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Recent Examples of unabsorbed
When taken on an empty stomach, these types of supplements may pass through largely unabsorbed, leading to minimal or no benefits.
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Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2026
This can reduce the amount of the nutrient that enters your bloodstream, with the unabsorbed portion passing through your digestive system.
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Lauren Manaker,
SELF,
23 Mar. 2026
Bacterial Imbalances Iron supplements, especially unabsorbed iron, can change the balance of bacteria in your gut.
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Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
The blood-red remnant seen on cloth is visible due to the leftover light wavelengths that remain unabsorbed by the condiment’s chemical composition.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
Orlistat can cause digestive problems because unabsorbed fat passes into and lingers in the colon.
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Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
The company reported a net income of $95 million for the quarter, compared to $58 million in the previous year, with the increase attributed to higher volumes and lower unabsorbed costs.
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Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
12 Nov. 2024
University of Vienna's Lukas Kenner theorizes that clumps of concentrated, unabsorbed antibiotics attached to the surface of nanoplastics could provide the perfect breeding ground for bacteria to become resistant to the medication.
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Joe Salas,
New Atlas,
3 Nov. 2024
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2026
This can reduce the amount of the nutrient that enters your bloodstream, with the unabsorbed portion passing through your digestive system.
—
Lauren Manaker,
SELF,
23 Mar. 2026
Bacterial Imbalances Iron supplements, especially unabsorbed iron, can change the balance of bacteria in your gut.
—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
The blood-red remnant seen on cloth is visible due to the leftover light wavelengths that remain unabsorbed by the condiment’s chemical composition.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
Orlistat can cause digestive problems because unabsorbed fat passes into and lingers in the colon.
—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
The company reported a net income of $95 million for the quarter, compared to $58 million in the previous year, with the increase attributed to higher volumes and lower unabsorbed costs.
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Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
12 Nov. 2024
University of Vienna's Lukas Kenner theorizes that clumps of concentrated, unabsorbed antibiotics attached to the surface of nanoplastics could provide the perfect breeding ground for bacteria to become resistant to the medication.
—
Joe Salas,
New Atlas,
3 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabsorbed
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In that case, even absent intra-year distributions to the taxpayer, the dividends appearing in the TP’s account are deemed constructively received when paid by the portfolio companies into the brokerage account.
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Happy Father’s Day to fathers everywhere — birth fathers, stepfathers, adoptive and foster fathers, grandfathers, and all of you caring men who mentor children and fill the role of absent dads.
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Some rooms have mural-like headboards with abstracted views of Philly neighborhoods or custom light fixtures inspired by Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod experiments.
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As materials pass through hubs like Singapore, their origins often become increasingly abstracted.
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Feeling scattered and unfocused?
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Sometimes that critique is known as a fishing expedition, an unfocused and far-reaching hunt for any possible wrongdoing even if completely unrelated to the case.
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On a busy day like July 4, one shack might see two dozen lost kids.
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To make these work in complex environments, users want fewer exceptions, fewer lost assets and fewer human calls to rescue a confused machine.
Adjective
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In the room next door, Aaresh plays video games with his friend, like any other 12-year-old boy, taking a break from his homework and studying for a French exam, and oblivious to how his parents’ fight could change his life and those of others like him.
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The bear was completely oblivious to this crowd of people screaming and throwing things at it.
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This is not to say Costco shoppers are inattentive.
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The Waffle House waitress said the building’s management was inattentive to a raft of deeper issues, from sewage backups that crept into her bathtub to mold and a malfunctioning air conditioning unit.
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Howard McNear provided an indelible bit of local flavor as the genial, if absent-minded, town barber, Floyd.
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There’s something winningly absent-minded about Gosling’s performance here.
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Anderson has said the body double acts as a kind of calmer mirror, and that the distracted person feels a quiet pull not to waste the other person’s time.
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As if the sudden influx of orders weren't enough, Carmy also has to contend with feuding employees, a delinquent trainee, a distracted pastry chef, a dearth of giardiniera, and a dry Sharpie.
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“Unabsorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabsorbed. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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